Mano got to go down to Kentucky for a wedding this week. While he was there he met up with an old friend and coworker, Richard. Richard worked for W.L. Meekins in the 90s. He started in a field-crew, but was soon moved to the office to do computations. As a Computer (Yeah, that's what they called them back then), Richard would determine exactly where property lines were on boundaries that were complicated by years of easements and transactions. For example, an old piece of farm land may now have power poles running through the middle of it. The electric company struck a deal with this farmer to run the lines through the property and an easement was created. Every change like this must be discovered by the field-crews and drawn on final plats to scale. Richard was the guy that would determine with precision where these lines were located for the drawings.
Below is a picture taken of Mano and Richard this past week:
